Chapter 3 Named as the new Alpha

"Before Alpha Lockhart died, he left a will," Paul began, going straight to the point, and Carol looked on.

She placed her hand on her elbow and rested it on her chin, not fazed. Without much guessing, everyone could figure out what the will entailed.

"Alpha Lockhart made some changes regarding the title of the next Alpha and ruler of the pack before passing away," Paul continued, and they both listened quietly.

"You are named as the new Alpha of the pack, Carol Lockhart ."

What!

Carol yelled in her head, trying to understand what he had just said.

Alpha?

Carol repeated the word in her head and tried to find another meaning for it. Her body suddenly turned cold, and she moved her head to see Noah's darkened gaze on her.

"Noah Lockhart , you are to be conferred the title of the Alpha's guardian," Paul went on to give more details.

Noah's head turned to Paul, who tried not to look scared and quickly reminded him that it was his father's will.

He was only doing as told.

"Let me see that." Noah grabbed the papers from Paul, his expression shooting fire as each second passed.

"You get to manage all the businesses, though," Paul said, hoping it pacified him, but silence ensued.

Cursing under his breath, Noah threw the papers to the floor and stormed away from the room.

Paul and Carol held their breath until he was out of the room and sighed in relief that he didn't tear them apart.

"Did Lockhart really..." Carol's words trailed off as she turned to confirm from Paul again.

"I am as surprised as you," Paul told her, and Carol's heart dropped.

She tried to understand why Lockhart would do that, but it just didn't make sense.

"Then I will reject the will. I don't want to be the Alpha," Carol said firmly.

The last thing she wanted right now was something that would cut her life short.

"You can't reject the Alpha's will, Carol," Paul told her.

"It can only be as he decided," he added.

"But no one in the pack will accept me as their Alpha," she voiced with worry.

"Do not worry about that. I will handle it," Paul assured her and stood up to leave.

"I will advise you to stay out of Noah's sight, just to be safe," Paul warned, then made his way out of the house.

With her head spinning from the unexpected news, Carol made her way into the kitchen, deciding to eat first before her body fainted.

She stopped at the door, hearing whispers between Mary and Riki.

"Will Alpha Lockhart really do something like that to his own son?" Mary's eyes shot out in surprise, while Riki clenched her fist in anger.

She had just broken off her engagement with the hope of marrying Noah and becoming the Alpha.

"If Carol really becomes the Alpha, then what will happen to us?" Mary questioned. They had always acted horribly toward Carol because of Noah. Having a mere Salutar rule them was a disgrace!

"No one will ever agree to make her the Alpha," Riki said firmly. Not even Noah would accept it, talk less of the rest.

"She is really a parasite who reaps where she doesn't sow," Mary hissed, and Carol stepped in.

Shocked, they stopped talking and turned away, but Carol ignored them and found some bread and meat with a glass of milk to eat.

When she was done, she picked up the plate to return to her room but bumped into Riki, staring daggers at her.

"Do you have anything to say?" Carol asked, knowing she was looking for trouble, and Riki scoffed.

"How shameless," she remarked and walked away in anger.

Carol sighed, wondering why all their anger was directed at her instead of the person who wrote the will.

How she wished she had known about it beforehand and convinced Lockhart not to.

...

A few hours later, Carol received a call from Paul and answered it.

"Can you make it over to the resort right now? There are some things you need to do," Paul asked, and Carol nodded positively.

"Of course," she answered and finished her meal quickly, then went over to the resort.

Carol had only visited the resort once but still found her way easily, and someone walked up to her.

"Hello, I'm Lisa. I will assist you from now on," Lisa introduced, and Carol took her hand, then followed her to a room where she waited for Paul.

Paul read out the will to everyone in the room, and their voices of disapproval rose high.

"How come the Alpha expects someone of low status to rule us?" Flynn was the first to speak.

All of them in the room had a relationship with Lockhart , either close or distant, and they stood as the council in the pack. Flynn had recently taken over from his father, hence the youngest.

"She is the late Alpha's legal daughter," Paul reminded him, but he scoffed along with a few others.

"Everyone knows she is a Salutar, and her biological father isn't from this pack," Flynn dissed.

"How is someone without much power going to keep the pack safe?" Dylan, another member, questioned.

He was slightly older than Paul and also Lockhart 's close friend.

"Alpha Lockhart already stated that Noah will guide her for the time being, and when it's time, she can get married to any of the male members in the extended family," Paul answered, and they kept quiet at the mention of marriage.

If allowing a Salutar as the Alpha meant an opportunity for one of them to rule, then...

"That could do, then," Dylan said, and others nodded their heads in agreement.

"Does she get to handle the big chain of businesses as well?" Flynn chipped in with another question.

"Just this resort," Paul replied.

Flynn let out a grin.

The resort was said to be losing profit in recent months and didn't earn much yearly, but that was enough.

Plus, all he needed was the position that followed the mate of the Alpha.

"What about Noah?" someone else mentioned, and others turned to Paul for answers.

With Noah's pride, there was no way he would allow Carol to take over the throne without a revolt.

"I will handle that," Paul assured them, and they ended the meeting quickly.

They all stepped out of the room, but Dylan stayed behind to speak with Paul.

"The mention of the new Alpha's marriage will definitely create an uproar in the pack," Dylan noted, and Paul agreed.

"The likes of Flynn are already thinking about it," he said.

Apart from Noah, there were five other male members who qualified to be the Alpha, and Flynn was one of them.

Although two among the five were already old and could no longer fight, there were still three others.

"We will handle that when the time comes. First, we have to make the announcement to the whole pack far and wide and also pick a date for the coronation," Paul said, and then Dylan also left.